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JOSEPH FOSTER,` or BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS.

' Lette-s raient" No. 67,970, dated August 2o, 1867.

IMPEOVED FISE-FLARE.

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'lO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it lcnown that I, JOSEPH FOSTER, ci' Beverly, Essex county, Massachusetts, have invented a. new and improved Fish-Flake; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which The drawing represents a. perspective view of my improved {ish-flake.

The object of this in'vention is to provide a, fish-flake or frame for curing cod end' other fish by drying, vvhich is so arranged as to be adjustable in its position for exposing the fish moie or less to the sun as requiredd and protecting them from hisl rays in the heat of4 the dey by means of a. screen.

A A are wooden slats running lengthwise, and B B slats running erosswise` :ind forming the frame of the lieb-Hake, at such distances :1p-nrt that the fish can lie between the slats longitudinally and be supported by 4the .slats transversely, as shown inthe drawing, for drying without touching each other, and having a free circuleticn of air around them. The frame is hung centrally upon posts, a a,in such manner that it can he placed level, o1' tilted at an angle of nearly 'ortyvef` degrees when required, mid on one side are' short xed upright posts, b b, and on the other lside posts Zz b', of the sameheiglit, but made so that they can be inclined or placed upright, es desired. These posts l) b,'on opposite sides 'of the fish-flake, support it when it -is level. 0n the side of the frame, over the xed posts 11' b, I attach a sun-screen, C, made of yard-wide coarse cotton cloth or other suitable materiel, which shades the sh in the heat of the day from the direct rttys of the sun, and thus dries them in the shade entirely better, and with less liability to spoiling' from `excessive heat. The frame is plecedin en east and west-position longitudinally,with the sun-screen C on the southern side, so that when the frameis tilted up at angle as seen in the drawing, by displacing the posts b l5 at the foot, the screen.' then protects the fish from the rays of the sun.

Having thus described my invention, what I- claim as new, and desire to-Secure by Letters Patent, is- The arrangement of a. sun-screen C, in combination with the frame of n fish-lake suspended on posts a a, and operatingl substantially as and for the purposes described.

rlfhe ahowe. speciticetion of my invention signed by me this 19th dny of February, 1867.

\ J'oSEPHEoSTEn, Witnesses:

JAMES H1111., .TosIAu A. HASKELL. 

